Month: November 2007

KHARTOUM, SUDAN (BosNewsLife)-- Advocacy groups fighting for more rights for Sudanese Christians expressed concerns Friday, November 30, as thousands of Sudanese demanded the execution of a British teacher convicted of "insulting" Islam for allowing her students to name a teddy bear "Muhammad."

WASHINGTON, USA (BosNewsLife)-- A man who took several people hostage in the campaign office of American presidential candidate Hillary Clinton in Rochester, New Hampshire, surrendered to police after releasing everyone, officials confirmed.

(ADDS COMMENTS PRIEST, MORE DETAILS)ISTANBUL, TURKEY (BosNewsLife)-- A Turkish Syriac priest who was kidnapped this week has been released unharmed in southeast Turkey, officials and friends said Friday, November 30, but it was not clear whether a ransom had been paid.

BUDAPEST, HUNGARY (BosNewsLife)-- Police in Hungary and neighboring Slovakia have detained three suspects who were in possession of material enriched enough to be used to make a so-called "dirty bomb, a key official told BosNewsLife late Thursday, November 29.

NEW DELHI, INDIA (BosNewsLife)-- Hundreds of demonstrators marched through New Delhi Thursday, November 29, to demand equal rights for Indiaâ€™s estimated 16 million Dalit Christians, following a month of violence against churches in which at least one Christian was killed and several injured.

ISTANBUL, TURKEY (BosNewsLife)-- A priest from Turkey's Syriac Christian community has been taken hostage in south-eastern Turkey with kidnappers demanding 300,000 euros ($442,000) for his release, officials and Turkish media said Thursday, November 29,

BEIJING, CHINA (BosNewsLife)-- About 40 leaders of one of Chinaâ€™s largest house church groups have been detained while at least one pastor received a prison term for writing and distributing Christian publications among Muslims, a major advocacy organization said Wednesday, November 28.

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